Health Datapalooza IV to Convene Leaders and Demo Tools Shaping the Future of Health

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Join key health care influencers in Washington, D.C., on June 3-4 for Health Datapalooza IV—the premier national conference on liberating health data to achieve better health outcomes, improved health care, and lower costs.  Organized by Health Data Consortium, a collaboration among government, non-profit, and private sector organizations, Health Datapalooza IV will draw more than 1,500 innovators, health care industry executives, policymakers, venture capitalists, startups, developers, researchers, providers, consumers, and patient advocates focused on data-driven solutions to systematic health care challenges.

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CONFIRMED SPEAKERS INCLUDE: 

• Todd Park, Chief Technology Officer, United States 
• Atul Gawande, Surgeon, Writer, and Public Health Researcher, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School 
• The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
• Jonathan Bush, Co-Founder, athenahealth 
• Delos Cosgrove, President and CEO, Cleveland Clinic 
• Marilyn Tavenner, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Farzad Mostashari,  National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
• Bryan Sivak, Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  
• The Right Honourable Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health, United Kingdom

This two-day event also includes a Data and Apps Expo, Health Industry Bootcamp, and break-out sessions covering a range of topics such as:

• Introduction to New Payment Models and Their Enabling Technology 
• Small Business Entrepreneurs Success Stories 
• Employer Use of Health Care Data and Evidence to Improve Quality and Value 
• Transforming Hospitals into Health Systems 
• Transforming Benefits Design and Delivery Through Personal Health Data 
• Use of CMS Data in Rapid-Cycle Innovation 
• Leveling the Open Data Playing Field for Local and State Governments 
• Open Health Data in the United Kingdom's National Health Services 
• Igniting Around Health Data in Your Community 
• Unlocking Clinical and Claims Data by Giving Consumers Access 
• Self-Tracking and Personal Analytics 
• Privacy Matters in Health Data Applications 
• How Big Data Is Accelerating Biomedical Research and Development 
• Open Government Data

View the full conference agenda at www.healthdatapalooza.org, which also lists a pre-conference training session, Code-a-thon event, and Welcome Reception at the National Zoo on Sunday, June 2.

About the Health Data Consortium
The Health Data Consortium (www.healthdataconsortium.org) is a collaboration among government, non-profit, and private sector organizations working to foster the availability and innovative use of data to improve health and health care.  The Consortium advocates with data sources for data best practices and information sharing; and works with businesses, entrepreneurs, and academia to help them understand how to use data to develop new products, services, apps, and research insights.

CONTACT: Jennifer Cosenza, 202-729-4074
[email protected]

SOURCE Health Data Consortium

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